Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.04
Liaison Tina Woolston
Submission Date March 1, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Tufts University
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.79 / 2.00 Peter Nowak
Industrial Hygiene
Environmental Health and Safety
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Please enter data in the table below:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of recordable workplace injuries and occupational disease cases 61 54
Full-time equivalent of employees 4,855 4,552
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.01 0.01

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2017 Dec. 31, 2017
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2015 Dec. 31, 2015

A brief description of when and why the workplace health and safety baseline was adopted (e.g. in sustainability plans and policies or in the context of other reporting obligations):
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Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
0

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
1.26

A brief description of the institution’s workplace health and safety initiatives, including how workers are engaged in monitoring and advising on health and safety programs:

Tufts Environmental Health and Safety (TEHS) promotes health, safety and environmental protection in teaching, research, public service, and administrative activities by providing training, advice, and other compliance assistance.

TEHS provides leadership in developing and supporting high-quality programs that allow students, faculty, and staff to protect themselves from potential health hazards they encounter at the University. Programs include Laboratory Safety, Ergonomics, Radiation Safety, Bio Safety, and Environmental Management.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Specific documents that could be of value are located at http://publicsafety.tufts.edu/ehs/
Tufts Environmental Health and Safety can be contacted at 617-636-3615.


Specific documents that could be of value are located at http://publicsafety.tufts.edu/ehs/
Tufts Environmental Health and Safety can be contacted at 617-636-3615.

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